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Stories of Oka : land, film, and literature

In the summer of 1990, the Oka Crisis - or the Kanehsatake Resistance - exposed a rupture in the relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples in Canada. This book examines the standoff in relation to film and literary narratives, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous.

The event and the impossibility of neutrality --
The siege in action: settler crisis and Indigenous resistance --
The disputed land: performing sovereignty --
From the spectacular to the documentary{u2014}Okanada: Behind the Lines at Oka --
"A record we made ourselves"{u2014}Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance --
Settler literary narratives --
Mohawk and other Indigenous literary narratives.

Other Titles:

Crise d'Oka en récits.

Responsibility:

Isabelle St-Amand ; translated by S.E. Stewart.

Abstract:

In the summer of 1990, the Oka Crisis exposed a rupture in the relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples in Canada. In the wake of the failure of the Meech Lake Accord, the conflict made visible a contemporary Indigenous presence that Canadian society had imagined was on the verge of disappearance. Stories of Oka examines the standoff in relation to film and literary narratives.Read more...